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Five Fatality Residential Motel Fire (Thornton, CO - January 1997)

An arson fire killed five people in a residential motel without automatic sprinklers and other fire protection features.

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Four Fatality Fire in Residential Board and Care Facility (Bessemer, AL - September 1990)

This report compares a fire in a residential board and care facility equipped with automatic sprinkler systems that failed to control a fire - to a fire in a dormitory that had an effective sprinkler system.

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Four House Fires that Killed 28 Children (September - December 1987)

These tragic house fires underscore the need for public fire education programs targeted to low-income families.

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Hospital Fire Kills Four Patients, Southside Regional Medical Center (Petersburg, VA - December, 1994)

Lessons learned from this fire include the importance of installing sprinkler and smoke detection systems throughout institutional facilities and the preparation of hospital staff as an integral part of fire protection.

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I 75 Multiple Vehicle Collision/Mass Casualty Incident (Collier County, FL - January, 2002)

Dense fog contributed to a massive motor vehicle collision along I-75 in a rural area of Collier County, FL. Three people were killed and 13 were injured. Access to the site was limited by both its remote location and the massive traffic backups, which ensued following 8 separate collisions along the Interstate. The incident shut down I-75 in both directions, backing up traffic from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean. It took 58 emergency responders to manage the incident.

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I-35W Bridge Collapse and Response (Minneapolis, MN - August 2007)

This report examines the emergency preparedness for, and response to the August 1, 2007 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota that killed 13 people and injured 121 others. The local response to the bridge disaster - and the coordination with metro, State and Federal partners - demonstrated the extraordinary value of comprehensive disaster planning and training.

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Kona Village Apartments Fire (Bremerton, WA - November 1997)

An early morning fire in a large apartment building caused the death of four elderly residents and forced the evacuation of 150 residents. The construction features of the non-sprinklered building contributed to the fire spread.

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Manufacturing Mill Fire (Methuen, MA - December 1995)

An explosion and fire in an industrial complex injured 37 and destroyed nearly one million square feet of manufacturing space. The damage estimate stands at $500 million, the largest property damage loss fire in the history of Massachusetts.

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Massive Leak of Liquefied Chlorine Gas (Henderson, NV - May 1991)

A massive leak of chlorine gas sent over 200 persons to a local hospital and required the evacuation of an estimated 2,400 people.

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Multiple Fatality Single Dwelling Fire (St. Cloud, FL - June 2001)

A technical review of a Florida house fire that killed six people - five of them children under age seven - stresses the importance of smoke alarms, notably in fires that occur when residents would be asleep.

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